Fire Safety Consultant - SC CLEARED

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As a fire safety consultant, you will be required to consider both organisational and physical systems, ensuring people, equipment and the environment are not exposed to unnecessary harm, using a diverse range of tools and techniques.

The role:

Reviewing and developing conventional and/or nuclear fire safety strategies

Keeping up to date with the latest fire safety legislation and guidance, including BS9999, Approved Document B

Applying and tailoring fire safety and escape requirements to novel / unconventional designs

Undertaking fire safety assessments of design, with the intent of achieving a compliant design that reduces fire risks to ALARP

Completing basic heat flux and flame length calculations , to support effective mitigation of fire

Supporting project safety meetings and facilitating safety workshops

Facilitating safety meetings, including project safety meetings, hazard identification workshops (HAZOP, SWIFT, etc)

Generating safety management information to support organisational or product safety management systems

Developing and maintaining Hazard Logs;

Developing Safety Arguments, including Claims, Argument Evidence (CAE) and/or Goal Structuring Notation (GSN)

Safety Case preparation;

Working with a wide range of project stakeholders, including regulators, customers, system engineers, layout engineers, contract teams, etc. in the design of fire safety and escape systems to achieve a solution that is both compliant and practical.

Essential

Experience of developing fire strategies and / or fire protection designs to either British, European, IMO, or NFPA standards

An understanding of Safety Management principles and processes such as Safety Management Systems and Plans;

Desirable

Experience of working with the Naval Ship Code, Lloyds Rules and Regulations and SOLAS;

Experienced in working with clients to provide Safety Management advice and guidance;

Experience of the nuclear and maritime domains;

Experience of fire and smoke modelling, using tools such as CFAST and FDS;

Developing risk assessments; participating in Hazard Identification meetings/techniques, e.g. ZHA, HAZOPs;

Understanding of the ALARP principle and developing safety arguments;

Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks.

LA International Computer Consultants Ltd is an HMG Approved Consultancy and operates as an IT & Engineering Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency, depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, we welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.

Award Winning LA International Computer Consultants Ltd (Recruiter Awards for Excellence - Best IT, Best Public Sector & Gold Awards) and the most prestigious award that any business can receive The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2015.